Introduction by Trampledrosie

[Kat]

Since Fred pointed you to the thread on Acitretin I should add that shortly after I was first diagnosed I was prescribed Acitretin. It was scary reading how I couldn't give blood for something like 3 years and that it could harm a fetus so not to take if planning to get pregnant. I wasn't planning on that but I thought how bad is this to take if it could harm a fetus and stay in my system so long that they don't want my blood??? But the light therapy and topical wasn't working and the doctor at that time told me oral meds were the next step. Basically it went, topical, light therapy, oral then biologics I think. So I took it. And I have to say it helped A LOT! But I was a bit concerned on taking it. When I was "better" I stopped.

But I do have to say that it helped me.

Sadly I've had some flares since then and I didn't want to go back to Acitretin due to just not understanding what it may do over time.